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Strategy Expert and Community Leader Ellen Hattenbach joins the Spertus Institute staff in a new position created to foster opportunities for Jewish learning and advance initiatives that develop future community leaders.

Rabbi Dr. Byron L. Sherwin, Spertus Institute Director of Doctoral Programs, died May 22 after a long illness. He was an internationally renowned Jewish theologian, ethicist, and scholar, and a prodigious author, who will be missed by students and colleagues around the globe.

Applications now being accepted for the Midwest Jewish Artists Lab, a new innitiative open to Jewish artists who live and work in the Greater Chicago area. An exhibit of participants' work will be mounted at Spertus Institute in late spring 2016.

Mazel Tov to Spertus Alumni Rachel Cort, the newest addition to the Mishkan Chicago team. Rachel most recently served as the Associate Director of jU Chicago, an innovative start-up organization she co-founded to empower Jewish students at the University of Chicago.

By Jan Lisa Huttner for JUF News — Thanks to the National Center for Jewish Film (NCJF), you can visit the Lodz that was on Sunday, May 31, when NCJF co-director Lisa Rivo arrives at the Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership to screen a newly restored print of Molly Picon's classic film Mamele.

Mazel tov to Spertus Institute alumna Deborah Levine, whose book, "Teaching Curious Christians About Judaism," has been travelling in rarefied circles. And we're proud to say that this book began as her Jewish Studies thesis.

Once a year, Spertus Institute hosts a gathering for the professionals and volunteers who serve Jewish Chicago. This special evening provides an opportunity to network with colleagues, celebrate successes, and together learn new ways to advance the work we do to strengthen our communities.

By Betsy Gomberg for JUF News — A new generation of cartoonists are using graphic novels to tackle tough subjects. One of these artists is 27-year-old Liana Finck, whose first book, "A Bintel Brief: Love and Longing in Old New York," brings to life the trials and triumphs of Jewish immigrants on New York’s Lower East Side.

Brooklyn-based cartoonist Liana Finck is a recipient of a Six Points Fellowship for Emerging Jewish Artists. Original sketches from her first book, "A Bintel Brief," are on view at Spertus Institute through July 19 and she'll join us on May 7 to discuss her work.